Whitty / Young Cyberpsychology

The Study of Individuals, Society and Digital Technologies
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-118-32107-2
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 264 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: BPS Textbooks in Psychology

An important new BPS Textbook in Psychology exploring the interactions between individuals, societies, and digital technologies
* Outlines key theories and empirical research within cyberpsychology and provides critical assessments of this rapidly changing field
* Identifies areas in need of further research and ways to use digital technologies as a research tool
* Covers topics such as online identity, online relationships and dating, pornography, children's use of the internet, cyberbullying, online games and gambling, and deception and online crime
* Engaging and accessible for students at the undergraduate and graduate level with real life examples, activities, and discussion questions

Autoren/Hrsg.

Whitty, Monica T.

Young, Garry

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Tables, Figures and Boxes x
Chapter 1 Introduction 1
Chapter 2 The 'Self ' in Cyberspace 9
Chapter 3 Online Relationships 23
Chapter 4 Online Dating 39
Chapter 5 Online Sexual Activities 51
Chapter 6 Internet Infidelity 62
Chapter 7 Children's and Teens' Use of Digital Technologies 73
Chapter 8 Online Education 86
Chapter 9 Leisure and Entertainment 101
Chapter 10 Online Gaming and Gambling 114
Chapter 11 Online Deception 128
Chapter 12 Online Crimes: Scams, Fraud and Illegal Downloads 141
Chapter 13 Online Crimes: Cyberharassment, Hate Crimes and Cyberwarfare 156
Chapter 14 Online Crimes: Child Pornography and Paedophilia 170
Chapter 15 Online Support and Health Care 187
Chapter 16 Concluding Thoughts 200
References 203
Index 240

Über Autor(innen)

Monica T. Whitty is Professor of Human Factors in Cyber Security in WMG at the University of Warwick, UK. Her research focus is on cybersecurity, cybercrime and online behaviour. She is a co-author or co-editor of several books, and has published widely on cybersecurity, mass-marketing fraud, insider threat, cyberstalking, online identity, cyber-relationships, cyberethics, online surveillance and taboos in video games.
Garry Young is Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Nottingham Trent University, UK. His research and teaching focus on the ethics of enacting real-life taboos within virtual environments, the phenomenology of delusions, and embodied cognition. He has published widely on ethics in video games, notions of self in cyberspace, the Capgras and Cotard delusions, and differences between procedural and declarative knowledge.